29/07/2025
[NEWS] This summer, we partnered with Eye on Ivy to onboard six interns who were upskilled through one month dedicated coaching. We were able to come up with six projects which the students will present to the esteemed jury on July 31st, 2025.
Evaluator's Profiles
Syed Raza Ali:
He is a Program Manager at Accountability Lab Pakistan, leading initiatives on youth engagement, governance reforms, and countering misinformation. An alumnus of the International Academy for Leadership (IAF) Germany, he specializes in program management, strategic advocacy, and capacity building. Raza has worked with organizations such as UNDP, World Bank, Nutrition International, and Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), and has authored opinion pieces for leading newspapers including Dawn, The Express Tribune, and The News. His expertise spans right to information (RTI), media literacy, and public accountability.
Dr. Hafsa Idrees
She is an interdisciplinary researcher focused on urban heritage, cultural memory, and sustainable development in Post colonial Southeast Asia’s evolving cityscapes. She is a published author, oil painting artist who is currently working in University of Passau Germany.
Aisha Masood:
Aishah Masood is a passionate woman human rights defender, spurred into action by the enforced disappearance of her father in 2005. Currently serving as Project Coordinator at Defence of Human Rights, a victim-led organisation, Aishah holds the role of representing the Asian Federation Against Enforced & Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) in Pakistan.
Wardah Noor:
She is an Acumen Fellow and a social technopreneur working at the intersection of gender, poverty, IT education and workforce development. She founded xWave through which she established 6 digital labs across rural areas in Pakistan to make high quality IT bootcamps accessible to marginalized youth.
We thank all our evaluators for accepting the invite to mentor these young students and provide feedback on their projects.
Stay tuned for more updates!
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